The Local Connection Crisis: New Data on What Communities Need
The Growth and Impact of Cable News
Cable news has had a tremendous impact on how people consume news. We discuss the growth and impact of cable news including the good, bad and downright ugly.
Opinion: Losing the Local Journalism Initiative leaves communities in the dark
With more outlets vying for federal funding, why are national outlets opening up new bureaus in communities with healthy media ecosystems?
The post-search Google era begins | The Vergecast
Elena Rossini 🌈 (@_elena@mastodon.social)
Scoop: #WSocial has been experiencing major technical problems for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform. Because my new article contains a possible solution to their problem, by the time you read this the issue may have been fixed. Or not. It has been going on for 7+ days, with complete radio silence by its developers and founders. My exclusive: 🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-broken-ghost-town/ #SocialMedia #ATproto #RateLimiting
Reality Check
Like this newsletter? Why not listen to the podcast version on Better Offline? Part 1 is out now (here're other links), and Part 2 comes out Friday May 2nd! I'm sick and god-damn tired of this! I have written tens of thousands of words about this and still, to this
The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet
Why the dark forests of the internet — podcasts, newsletters, and other private channels — are growing, and why might that pose a problem
Bristol Cable launches hybrid news and social networking app in bid to double membership
A "world first" mobile experience aims to give members curated discussions and community connections within a privacy-focused platform
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Changes to the Facebook Algorithm Decreased News Visibility Between 2021-2024
Platforms, especially Facebook, are primary news sources in the US. In its widely criticized "War on News," Meta algorithmically deprioritized news and political content. We use data from 40 news organizations (5,243,302 Facebook posts, 7,875,372,958 user reactions) and 21 non-news pages (396,468 posts; 1,909,088,308 reactions) between January 1, 2016 and February 13, 2025 to examine how these changes influenced news visibility on the platform. Reactions to news declined by 78% between 2021 and 2024 while reactions to non-news pages increased, indicating targeted suppression of news visibility. Low-quality sources were especially suppressed, yet the 2025 end to "War on News" increased user reactions to news, especially low-quality ones. These changes do not reflect decreased news supply, Facebook user base, or interest in news over this period.
Digital News Report 2026
As the world changes at accelerating speed, news media report and update on these events around the clock, jostling for a share of the four to five hours each day that people devote to their smartphones. For some, this means new opportunities to stay close to news stories as they unfold; for others, it risks creating a sense of overload.
WebProNews
Breaking business news covering marketing, I.T., ecommerce & emerging trends like electric vehicles, solar energy, financial tech & space.
Interesting new feeds just dropped! @greenearth-social.bsky.social
Welcome to the GreenEarth Feeds
www.greenearth.socialSCOOP: #WSocial: a Broken Ghost Town? W Social has been experiencing major technical issues for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform. I discuss the problem and a possible solution here: blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-broken-ghost-town/
W Social: a Broken Ghost Town?
blog.elenarossini.comI have just switched to W social...more news on that to come...
W Social
Welcome to W, Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu). Staff writer at The Atlantic, author of Gulag, Iron Curtain, Red Famine and Autocracy Inc. One of the most important voices on democracy in Europe.
